Previous Next Satin is a luxurious and elegant fabric that is often used in party clothes and formalwear. However, it can be difficult to work with due to its slippery texture and tendency to fray. Here are some tips for sewing with satin: Follow a nap layout: Satin can shine differently and colour appear different …
Elisalex V9000 superhack dress
Hello everyone! I’m keeping up my run of weekly blog posts and it feels so good! Today I’m sharing a dress that I cooked up by mashing a few things together. It’s the perfect 50s style swishy midi dress that makes me feel like Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. I could easily swish around on …
Thoughts on neglected clothes
Hello June! And hello everyone else. We’re well into a new month and well past the end of Me Made May. If you participated I hope you enjoyed the challenge. Maybe you’re keeping the fun going with #memadeveryday a great way of documenting your outfits more regularly. If you weren’t aware, I started my blog …
Little Black Jacket part 3 – day 1
This is part 3 of my mini series on the Chanel jacket course I attended in March. See here for part 1 about inspiration and here for part 2 on materials! Today I’m sharing my progress from day 1 of the course. I packed up my machine, pattern, fabric, notions and a travel sewing kit …
Little Black Jacket part 2 – materials
This is second part of my mini series on the Chanel jacket course I am attending in March. See part 1 about inspiration here! Today is all about materials! The course is based around Vogue pattern V7975. (I’ve heard people rave about Vogue 8804 from the Claire Shaeffer Collection but believe its out of print …
Winter sewing plans
Everyone knows how lame English weather is. Sometimes it feels like we jump straight from Summer to Winter. But something that is different this year is that I’m embracing sewing a Winter wardrobe! I pretended Winter wasn’t happening last year by sewing sundresses but I can’t kid myself much longer. I’ve got some quite ambitious …